Corset.



' PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

L: F. MOYLAN.

GORSBTY APPLICATION FILED OUT. 14 1905.

WITNESSES -UNITED STATES Application filed October 14, 1905. Serial No.282,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN F. MOYLAN, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to corsets. It has for its object an improvedcorset structure in which there is combined with an oval hipsection andelastic front a boned second section and an elastic gore inset betweenthe second section and the hip-section and a back section. Theseveral'sections cooperate to produce a yielding corset that extendsover and supports the abdomen and yields to allow free breathing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the corset in pers ective. Fig. 2 is adetail showing the ovoid 'psection.

Section number 1, immediately behind the clasp-stay A, is composed ofelastic straps of webbing which extend horizontally from the covering ofthe clasp to the intermediate section 2. This. elastic section 1 isgored and is narrower at the middle than it is at either end. Section 2is boned with bones that are spread somewhat at the top. Section 3 (theside section) extends from the top to the bottom and is boned. Betweensections 2 and 3 at the bottom is a gore of surgical elastic webbing g.Section 4 (the hip-section) is provided with three bones b, c, and d,and of these the bones b and d are set in curved pockets which twist thebones somewhat and cause the lower part of this section to assume anovoid form, engaging closely over the hip. The middle bone 0 stops shortof the bottom atc and aids in producing'the oval curvature of the bottompart of this fourth section.

Between the fourth section and the third section is a gore of textilematerial h. Be-

tween the fourth section and the lacing-stri at the back is the backgore, wider atbot top and bottom than it is in the middle.

The special object of the construction thus described is to produce acorset which around PATENT OFFICE.

LILLIANF. MOYLAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CORSET.

No. 819,447. Specification of Letters Patent.

l'atented May 1, 1906.

the bottom part of it fits closely over the abdomen, closely over thecurvature of the hip,

and is held from slipping up on the person,

and which yet yields between the abdomen and the hip to allow the wearerto breathe freely. This corset is adapted to be worn as a surgicalcorset to hold the body in shape after some abdominal surgicaloperations and is also useful for general wear and is also useful topersons who need an abdominal support.

The elastic section 1 and the elastic gore between section 2 and thehip-section prevent the breakingof the front stays in bending, &c.

What I claim is 1. In a corset, in combination with a claspstay, asection composed of a plurality of horizontally-arranged strips ofvarying length extending therefrom, a reinforced intermediate sectionnext adjacent thereto, a side section adjacent to the upper portion ofthe intermediate section, an elastic gore inserted between the lowerportions of'said sections, a second gore-piece attached to the lowerportion of the rear edge of the side section, an ovoid hip-section nextadjacent to the upper portion of said side section and to the rear edgeof said second gore-piece, and a back piece next adjacent to saidhip-section, substantially as described.

2. In a corset, in combination with a claspstay, a plurality ofhorizontally-arranged strips, a unitary section to which the rear endsof said strips are attached extending from top to bottom of the corset,a side section attached to said unitary section along the upper portionof its length, a hip-section similarly secured to the upper portion ofsaid section, thelower portion of said hip-section having an ovoid swelltherein and being con- LILLIAN F. MOYLAN.

- Witnesses:

EDNA SoHILD, MAY E. KOTT.

